#Genealogy #Website #Rankings – 2011

by C. Michael Eliasz-Solomon

Stanczyk just read EOGN (Eastman Online Genealogy Network) and could not believe what he read. So I followed the source and read that and still did not believe. So I checked further – because I could NOT locate the benchmark/methodology of the survey which is NOT credible. I then Googled and found this source here: http://www.progenealogists.com/top50genealogy2011.htm . I certainly would agree with these rankings as these are what I use most often throughout the year.

Ancestry.com$ – Ancestry.com is the leading genealogical data site, and includes articles, instruction, and reference help.

MyHeritage.com – Focuses on genealogy community building and networking.

FindAGrave.com – This database of 57 million cemetery inscriptions adds about a million per month and often includes tombstone photos.

FamilySearch.org – This major data website sponsored by the LDS Church includes the IGI, census records, the library’s catalog and a growing collection of historical records from throughout the world, along with instruction and reference help. (4>5>5)

Genealogy.com$ – A major data site, includes family trees, instruction and reference help. (5>2>4)

Geni.com – Free, with the world’s largest collaborative family. (31>8>18)

FamilyTiez.com– (New) A site where families can establish their own pages to share news, photos, events and genealogy with each other. (30>not ranked)

Send Me your top 10 Polish Genealogy Websites. This will be a non-scientific survey and I will only publish my findings if I can get 36 emails and I will add in my own top 10 Polish Genealogy sites too. Do not include from the above “generic” genealogy sites. I will allow only Polish (or German, Russian, Austrian, Slavic, Czech, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Jewish, or Hungarian genealogy websites that have ties to Poland).